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Maggie’s Story – In the Shadow of the Pit

Some stories stay with you long after the research is done, and Maggie’s was one of them. As I pieced together the fragments of her life, census entries, marriage records, a death certificate written in a clerk’s careful hand, I found myself deeply moved by the quiet courage threaded through her years. Hers was notContinue reading “Maggie’s Story – In the Shadow of the Pit”

Alexander McCulloch 1862 -1941 From the Croft to the Mine

Introduction At the northern edge of Scotland, a small boy steps into the first light of day. The air carries peat smoke and sea salt, the sun low over the Dornoch Firth. Behind him, a cottage door closes softly. His boots are worn, his pockets nearly empty, but he carries the quiet certainties of family:Continue reading “Alexander McCulloch 1862 -1941 From the Croft to the Mine”